World renowned photographer to exhibit at Solstice Theatre

Solstice Arts Centre will host an exciting exhibition of photographs from world renowned photographer, Paul Seawright from 18th February until 28th March. Seawright is an artist/photographer born in Belfast in 1965. He currently is Professor of Photography at the University of Ulster. His work has drawn heavily on his Northern Irish background to produce searching photographic investigations of aspects of its fraught political terrain. In his recent work, Seawright has moved away from an overtly Irish context, focusing on what he has termed a 'generic malevolent landscape" represented by the uninhabited spaces at the edge of cities and forests throughout Europe. In 2002, he travelled to Afghanistan, having been commissioned by the Imperial War Museum, London, to respond to the attacks of September 11th and the subsequent war against the Taliban. His photographs of minefields and battle sites have been exhibited internationally and are in numerous public collections and feature in this exhibition at Solstice. Seawright"s awards include the prestigious Ville de Paris Artist Award in 1999 and the Irish Museum of Modern Art/Glen Dimplex Prize in 1997. He is represented in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Imperial War Museum, London, the Art Institute of Chicago and the International Center of Photography, New York among others and in numerous private collections. Seawright also represented Wales in the 2003 Venice Biennale. For further information visit www.paulseawright.com Admission to this exhibition is free. The gallery at Solstice is open Tuesday - Saturday 11am-4pm.